J. G. Holland Quotes
Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which self-righteously sees more to reform outside of itself than in itself.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.
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I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.
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I'm not a politician, but ISIS is a problem, and this matter should be solved very quickly. This will affect existing production, it will affect investment, it will affect the behaviour of people. It will affect the area tremendously.
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That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place.
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A well-trained, sensible doctor is one of the most valuable assets of a community.
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I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don't have any flaws.
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Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which self-righteously sees more to reform outside of itself than in itself.
